The joint 4th GEORES and 10th Arqueológica 2.0 Symposium, organised by CHEDAR (Cultural Heritage Digitalization and Resilience) project and supported by ICOMOS Italia, and CIPA-Heritage Documentation (ICOMOS International Scientific Committee) will take place in Florence, from the 26th-28th August 2026.
In 2026, speaking about cultural heritage, tangible and intangible, means engaging with a profound transformation. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Digital Twins, cloud platforms and FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) data infrastructures are reshaping the ways we document, interpret and protect heritage, aligning with emerging agendas on sustainability, risk management and responsible innovation.
The Symposium positions itself as a strategic laboratory: three days to outline a shared roadmap toward a coherent and sustainable digital ecosystem for heritage, integrating research, advanced training and long-term policy. In line with CHEDAR’s mission, focused on 3D digitization, Digital Twins, AI and eXtended Reality for risk management, the Symposium invites participants to conceive Cultural Heritage as a dynamic relational system rather than a static collection of objects.
Paper abstracts are invited for submission by the 15th March 2026.
There are five Symposium Tracks:
- AI, Governance and Critical Futures of Cultural Heritage: Trust, Bias and Accountability
Digital Twins and Computational Realities: Beyond 3D Modelling
Heritage Under Pressure: Risk, Monitoring and Resilience Strategies
Museums After Digital: Accessibility, Hybrid Experiences and New Audiences
Skills for Heritage 4.0: Training, New Professions and Knowledge Transmission
In addition, there are two special sessions:
- The Arno River and the 60th Anniversary of the 1966 Flood
- Arab and Mediterranean Regions as a Living Heritage Laboratory
See the Symposium website for further information.
Manuscripts from the National Library being washed and dried in the boiler room of Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station, after the flood.
